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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde

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ALMEIDA, Tatiana Frederico de; CANGUSSU, Maria Cristina Teixeira; CHAVES, Sônia Cristina Lima  e  AMORIM, Thaís Marques. Oral health status of children, adolescents, and adults registered in Family Health Units Service in the Municipality of Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil, in 2005. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2012, vol.21, n.1, pp.109-118. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742012000100011.

OBJECTIVE: to describe oral health conditions of children, adolescents and adults residents in areas of the Family Health Strategy in the Municipality of Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil, in 2005. METHODS: cross sectional study in a population of 1.258 infants, 1.286 adolescents and 1.249 adults; the exams were carried out in schools and residences. RESULTS: the percentage of caries free individuals variedfrom 51.1 to 1.3%, according to age; caries severity also increasedfrom childhood to adulthood (number of decayed, missing andfilled teeth - DMF-T index 1,4 and 14,1, respectively); lower and upper prosthesis need was frequent in adolescence (13.8% and 6.2%, respectively) and between adults (79.7% and 70.1%, respectively); the prevalence of fluorosis was 18.0% in children and 9.0% in adolescents. CONCLUSION: it was observed high prevalence and severity of oral problems; epidemiology applied to health services can collaborate on planning and monitoring actions conduced to identify problems.

Palavras-chave : health services epidemiology; dental caries; dental fluorosis; dental prosthesis; health services; cross-sectional study.

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